Aching legs times four

This is the circulator. It runs (I think) three different loops around the city all day. Maybe more. You can get an all day pass for $3, and since one of those loops was very near our hotel (or at least near by DC standards), and another ran the perimeter of the National Mall, it was the only mode of transportation we used in DC.

It is supposed to come by every ten minutes, but sometimes it is longer than that - like when you have been standing on your feet for the last two days, and your legs and back are screaming at you. Not to mention the last 2 hours of being on your feet were spent in the Holocaust Memorial Musuem, which is draining in a whole 'nother way. And chances are, when it does take longer than 10 minutes, there will be no bench around, and even the railing that you want to lean against will have fancy scrolling spikes on top to prevent you from leaning. No kidding.

And then when you do get on that bus, and it is hot, and there is a woman cursing loudly at the driver, and the bus temporarily stops working in a seedy part of town, and you are wondering if you should just get out and walk to the hotel.....

You will think to yourself, "It could be a lot worse."

"We could have the kids with us."